un sac de noeuds – Mot du jour

a can of worms – French expression

What does ” un sac de nœuds ” mean? How do you say ‘ a can of worms ’ in French? How is it pronounced? How is it used in a French sentence? Listen to Anne, a French native say it at FrenchHour.com.

un sac de noeuds (nœuds) – a bag of knots. As you can imagine if you have to untangle knots in a bag, it’s a difficult task to accomplish. In everyday French, un sac de noeuds means exactly that: a difficult situation to deal with. In English, it’s ‘a can of worms’.

Quel est le bon verbe ? – Today’s French

What’s the correct French verb? – Le français d’aujourd’hui

French would be too easy if we could translate words literally. For example, if we could say “prendre une classe” for “to take a class” or “marcher le chien ” for “to walk the dog”. Here is a list of French verbal expressions most commonly mistranslated into French.

Course on French Pronouns: many hours of French at all levels on the theme of French Pronouns. Dossier sur les pronoms français : des heures de fiches à tous les niveaux sur le thème des pronoms français.